Cantonese words starting with B

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buk1 fo3to divine by tossing coins

buk1 gaap3oracle tortoise shell

buk1 geoi1to choose a home

卜公碼頭卜公码头

buk1 gung1 maa5 tau4Blake Pier, an historical pier once in Central, now moved to Stanley, Hong Kong

buk1 gwaa3to divine using the eight trigrams

buk1 gwat1oracle bone

buk1 lam1porphyrin (organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll) (loanword)

buk1 man6to predict by divining; to consult the oracle

buk1 sai6divination

buk1 wai2to make a reservation

buk1 zaak6to choose a capital by divination; to choose one's burial place by divination

卜晝卜夜卜昼卜夜

buk1 zau3 buk1 je6day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)

buk1 zim1to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future

buk1 zing1to ask oracle for war forecast

buk6to lean over; to hide (in ambush); to lie low; to submit; to overcome; to volt; to catch

buk6servant; I (dated term)

buk6a type of tree from the elm family

buk6name of a river; part of a place name

buk6web (of feet of ducks, frogs etc)

buk6protactinium (chemistry)

buk6 au1(old) waiter (loanword from "boy")

buk6 bou3waterfall

buk6 buk6 tiu3heart pounding [written and colloquial]

buk6 cung4Servant

buk6 dai1Lay down

buk6 gaai1 zi2it is a swearing phrase which means falling on the street, it is used to describe someone who is an asshole

buk6 gwong1to expose (photography); (advertising) exposure

buk6 jan4servant

buk6 jik6servant

buk6 joeng4see 濮陽市|濮阳市[Pu2 yang2 Shi4]

濮陽縣濮阳县

buk6 joeng4 jyun6Puyang, a county in Puyang City 濮陽市|濮阳市[Pu2 yang2 Shi4], Henan

濮陽市濮阳市

buk6 joeng4 si5Puyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]

buk6 lou6to expose (to the air, light etc); exposure

buk6 nei1 nei1(n.) hide-and-seek; (v.) to play hide-and-seek.

仆你個街仆你个街

buk6 nei5 go3 gaai1lit. you would fall or trip over on the street, a swearing phrase use for cursing someone to fall or go to hell

buk6 saai3to expose to strong sunlight

buk6 zik6it is a swearing phrase which means falling on the street to the extent that someone lays flat on the ground, it is used to describe a bad situation

bun1to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to shift

bun1 bing1to call for reinforcements

bun1 ceot1 heoi3to move out (vacate)

bun1 cin1to move; removal

搬遷戶搬迁户

bun1 cin1 wu6person or household that has to be relocated (to make way for a construction project etc)

bun1 cing2to request

bun1 coeng4to move (house); removal

bun1 dung6to move (sth) around

bun1 gaa1(noun) Moving

bun1 hau2to pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension; to tell tales

搬起石頭砸自己的腳搬起石头砸自己的脚

bun1 hei2 sek6 tau4 zaap3 zi6 gei2 dik1 goek3to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)

搬楦頭搬楦头

bun1 hyun3 tau4lit. to move the shoes on the shoe tree (idiom)

bun1 ji4to move (house); removals

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